Ideas for community gardens < water crops

WATER DROPWORT/ WATER CELERY/ WATER PARSLEY

Botanic name

• Oenanthe stolinifera

Growth form

• perennial
• small-leaved creeper to 60 centimetres in height with leaf shape similar to that of celery

Edible part

• leaf shooting from creeping stem
• eaten raw or cooked

Cultivation

• likes frost-free microclimate

Propogation

• from root division

Growing:

• plant with spacing of 12 centimetres
• flood to several centimetres after plant starts to grow, leaving leaf above water surface

Caution:

• could be invasive if escapes into streams.

Centre of diversity

• South East Asia.

PAGE UPDATED... Wednesday, 16 January 2002